Boxoffice-September.24.1979

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hollywood report
august production starts
Belladonna Films/
Ted Roter Productions
A VERY SMALL CASE OF RAPE. Film
ing began Aug. 27 on this comedy farce involving
two couples who become embroiled
with feminist and male activist groups when a
wife accuses her husband of rape and the husband
of the other couple accuses his wife of
rape. Location shooting is scheduled for Los
Angeles, San Francisco and Grand Junction,
Colo. In the cast are Margo Hanson, Romona
St. Leger, Robert Easton, William Margold,
Henry Faulkner, Susan Lane, Vicki Stofler,
Cordula Ohman, Larry Moore, Carla
Copeland, Frank Sbono and Tomy Kennedy.
Ted Roter is executive producer and is directing
from a screenplay he wrote with J. Balazy
and Joe Atwill.
Black Marble Productions
THE BLACK MARBLE. Robert Fox
worth and Paula Prentiss star in Joseph
Waumbaugh's screenplay, based on his novel
about a police detective and his female partner
involved in a dognapping of a valuable show
dog who start out disliking each other and end
up falling in love. Shooting began Aug. 6 in
Los Angeles. Harold Becker is directing and
Frank Capra Jr. is producing for Avco Em
bassy release. Others in the cast are Harry
Dean Stanton, John Hancock, Raleigh Bond,
Barbara Babcock. Judy Landers, Pat Corley
and James Woods.
Allan Carr Productions/EMI
CANT STOP THE MUSIC. Filming has
shifted to the sound stages at MGM on Allan
Carr's disco musical after completing
photography in New York City. Nancy
Walker began directing Aug. 20. Starring are
The Village People, Valerie Perrine, Bruce
Jenner, Steven Guttenberg, Paul Sand, Tammy
Grimes, June Havoc, Barbara Rush, Pat
Ast and Dick Patterson. Bronte Woodard
wrote the screenplay. Carr is co-producing
with Jacques Morali and Henri Belolo. The
film will be an Associated Film Distribution
release.
Walt Disney Productions
A WATCHER IN THE WOODS. Bette
Davis stars as a slightly eccentric old woman
obsessed with the strange and tragic disappearance
of her teenage daughter nearly 30
years ago in this Disney feature on which film
ing began Aug. 20 on location in England.
Others in the cast are Carroll Baker. David
McCallum. Lynn-Holly Johnson, Ian Bahnen,
Kyle Richards, Richard Pasco. Benedict
Taylor, Eleanor Summerfield and Frances
Cuka. John Hough is directing from a
screenplay by Brian Clemens, Rosemary
Sisson and Gerry Day. Tom Leetch is the producer
and Ron Miller is executive producer.
F.G. Film Productions
HARLEQUIN. Robert Powell. Broderick
Crawford, David Hemmings, Carmen Duncan
and Gus Mercurio head the cast of this feature
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on which principal photography began Aug.
20 in Perth, Australia. Simon Wincer is direc
ting from a screenplay by Everett DeRoche.
Anthony I. Ginnane is producing and William
Fayman is executive producer.
Famous Films N.V.
FLASH GORDON. Producer Dino De
Laurentiis began filming Aug. 6 on this
feature about the space hero. Lauentiis is taking
over six principal sound stages at Shepper
ton Studios outside London, headquarters for
the production. Also taken over is the entire
"Star Wars" facility at EMI Borehamwood,
plus the complex at Brooklands, Surrey, providing
6 million cubic feet of space under a
single roof, all to accomodate the massive
futuristic sets designed by Danilo Donati. De
Laurentiis is planning a six month shooting
schedule. Specialized optical, model and
physical effects filming will be done concurrently
with the main unit shooting. Flash Gor
don is played by Sam Jones, little known
American who only 10 months ago was a
struggling actor looking for his first break.
Alberta-born actress Melody Anderson is Dale
Arden, Max Von Sydow is the menacing
Emperor Ming the Merciless and Chaim
Topol is Doctor Hans Zarkov. Others in the
cast are Ornella Muti, Timothy Dalton, Brian
Blessed, Peter Winegarde and John Hallam.
Mike Hodges is directing from the script by
Lorenzo Semple Jr.
Filmplan International
DIRTY TRICKS. Elliott Gould, Kate
Jackson, Arthur Hill and Rich Little head the
cast of this Canadian production which began
principal photography in Montreal on Aug.
13. Alvin Rakoff is directing the screenplay
written by Thomas Gifford, Camille Gifford,
Eleanore Norton and William Norton. Claude
Heroux is producing and Pierre David, Victor
Solnicki and Arnold Kopelson are executive
producers. Others in the cast are Nick Campbell,
Angus Mclnnes, Michael J. Reynolds.
Michael McNamara. Martin McNamara.
John Juliani and Alberta Watson.
HOG WILD. Filming began Aug. 6 in
Montreal on this feature being directed by Les
Rose from a screenplay by Andrew Peter
Marin. Claude Heroux is producing and Pierre
David. Victor Solnicki and Stephen Miller are
executive producers. In the cast are Michael
Biehn. Patti D'Arbanville, Keith Knight. Matt
Craven, Jack Blum, Tony Rosato, Martin
Doyle, Stephanie Miller, Angeo Rizacos.
Robin McCulloch, Karen Stephen and
Michael Zelniker.
Film Consortium of Canada
CIRCLE OF TWO. Richard
Burton and
Tatum O'Neal star in this feature on which
filming began Aug. 27 in Toronto. Location
shooting on the film, being made in association
with Jerome Simon Milton Zysman Pro
ductions, is also planned for New York and
the Caribbean. Jules Dassin is directing from a
screenplay by Thomas Hedley Hank Van Der
Kolk is the producer.
Joe Gage Films
L.A. TOOL & DIE. Shooting got under
way Aug. 10 in Los Angeles and locations are
also planned in Texas and New Mexico. Joe
Gage is directing from his own screenplay and
Sam Gage is producing In the cast are
Richard Locke. Will Seagers, Terri Hanna,
Beck Bitter, Paul Baressi. Calvin Culver, Dan
Pace, Derrick Stanton, Steve Rideout. Shaun
Victors, Bob Blount, Matthew Forde. Scott
Sinclair. Joe Walsh. Chuck Cord and Joseph
Kearns.
Kadokawa Productions
VIRUS. Glenn Ford, George Kennedy,
Robert Vaughn, Bo Swenson and Henry Silva
head the cast of this feature on which filming
began Aug 4 in Tokyo. Locations also are
planned for Alaska, Peru, Chile and
Washington, D.C. Kinji Fukasaku is directing
from a screenplay by Koji Takada and Haruki
Kadokawa is producing.
London Cannon Films
THE GODSEND. Filming began in
London
Aug. 6 with a cast headed by Malcolm
Stoddard, Cyd Hayman, Angela Pleasance
and Patrick Barr. Gabrielle Beaumont is producing
and directing from a screenplay by
Olaf Pooley and P. Jenny Craven.
McDonald-Magder Productions
NEVER TRUST AN HONEST THIEF.
Orson Welles and Michael Murphy head (he
cast of this Canadian production on which
principal photography began Aug. 13 in
Toronto; George McGowan is directing from
a screenplay by Carl DeSantis and Phyllis De
Santis, and Zale Magder is producing. Others
in the cast are Michele Finney, Henry Ramer,
Doris Petrie, Beth Amos and Alfie Scoop.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
WHY WOULD I
LIE Treat Williams and
Lisa Eichhorn star in this "raucous contemporary
comedy," based on the Hollis Hodges
novel, "The Fabricator." Filming began Aug.
13 in Spokane, Wash. Larry Peerce is directing
from the screenplay by Peter Stone. Pancho
Kohner is producing and Rich Irvine and
James L. Stewart are executive producers.
Pacific Film Group
SEVEN GRAVES FOR ROGAN. Rex
Harrison, Rod Taylor and Edward Albert star
in this feature that began production in
August in Amsterdam. Location filming is
also scheduled for London, France, Italy, and
Germany. Matt Cimber is directing from a
screenplay by Mario Puzo Charles Lee is producing.
Paramount
THE JOHN REED/LOUISE BRYANT
STORY. Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton and
Jack Nicholson star in this feature based on
John Reed's "Ten Days That Shook the
World," his interpretation of the Communist
revolution in Russia and establishment of the
Communist state. Filming began Aug. 6. in
London and locations are also planned in
Finland. Beatty is producing and directing
from a screenplay he wrote with Elaine May
and Trevor Griffith.
BON VOYAGE, CHARLIE
BROWN.
Production began in Los Angeles Aug. 7 on
the film by Bill Melendez Productions in
association with L.M. Great Race Inc. Voices
for the "Peanuts" gang will be provided by
Daniel Anderson, Scott Beach, Casy Carlson.
Debbie Muller, Patricia Patts, Laura Planting
and Arrin Skelley. Bill Melendez is producing
and directing from a screenplay by "Peanuts"
originator Charles Schulz. Lee Melendez is executive
producer.
Hal Roach Studios International
OFF YOUR ROCKER. Shooting got under
way Aug. 20 in Toronto with a cast headed by
Milton Berle, Red Buttons, Lou Jacobi, Helen
Shaver, Sharon Acker and Helen Hughes.
Morley Markson is directing from a
screenplay he wrote with Samuel Warren
Joseph Norman Glick and Earl A. Glick are
producers.
Running Scared Co.
RUNNING SCARED. Shootingjias been
under way in Miami and the Florida
Everglades since Aug. I; Paul Glickler is producing
and directing from a screenplay he
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wrote with David O'Dell and Vicki Polon. In
the cast are John Saxon, Bradford Dillman,
Pat Hingle, Tom McFadden, Lonnie Chapman,
Ken Wahl, Judge Reinhold and Annie
McEnroe. Derek Power is executive producer.
Salkind Productions
SUPERMAN II. Shooting began in London
Aug. 27 on the continuation of the Superman
saga for release by Warner Bros.; Richard
Lester is directing the cast including
Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Margot
Kidder, Susannah York, Valerie Perrine, Ned
Beatty, Jackie Cooper, Jack O'Halloran,
Terence Stamp, Marc McClure and Sara
Douglas. The screenplay was written by
Mario Puzo, David Newman, Leslie Newman
and Robert Benton. Ilya Suskind is executive
producer and Pierre Spengler is producing.
Melvin Simon Productions
MY BODYGUARD. Principal photography
began Aug. 6 in Chicago on this story
about a new boy in school who hires the
toughest kid in school as his bodyguard when
he is harrassed by a bully. Heading the cast are
Chris Makepeace, Matt Dillon, Adam
Baldwin, Ruth Gordon and Denise Baake.
Tony Bill is directing from Alan Ormsby's
screenplay. Melvin Simon is executive producer
and Don Devlin is the producer.
United Artists
THE LONG RIDERS. Filming began
Aug. 9 in Clayton, Ga., on this action story
about the legendary James-Younger outlaw
gang. Starring are four sets of brothers in the
key roles. David. Keith and Robert Carradine
are portraying the Younger brothers, James
and Stacey Keach play Jesse and Frank
James, Randy and Dennis Quaid play Clell
and Ed Miller and Nicholas and Christopher
Guest play Bob and Charlie Ford. Others
heading the cast are Fran Ryan. Savannah
Smith and Amy Stryker. Walter Hill is directing
from a screenplay by Bill Bryden, Steven
and James Keach. The Keach brothers
are executive producers and Tim Zinnemann
is producing.
THOSE LIPS, THOSE EYES. Frank
Langella. Thomas Hulce and Glynnis O'Connor
head the cast in this look at life in the
theatre, its illusions and its dreams as portrayed
by a middle America stock company.
Filming began in Cleveland Aug. 9; Michael
Pressman is directing from a screenplay by
David Shaber. Others in the cast are Marshall
Colt. Herbert Berghoff. Joseph Maher.
George Morfogen. Jerry Stiller and Kevin Mc-
Carthy Herb Jaffe is executive producer and
Steven-Charles Jaffe and Michael Pressman
are producing.
Universal
THE BLUES BROTHERS. John Belushi
and Dan Aykroyd are starring in this comedy
feature which has James Brown. Cab
Calloway. Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin,
Henry Gibson and Carrie Fisher rounding out
the cast. John Landis is directing from the
screenplay by Aykroyd and Landis. Bernie
Brillstein is executive producer and Robert K.
Weiss is producing.
THE GONG SHOW MOVIE. Promising
some of the most outlandish acts ever seen, executive
producer and director Chuck Barris
began shooting Aug. 6 in Los Angeles on this
movie version of his television show. The cast,
including Barris, includes Robin Altman.
James B. Douglas. Mabel King, Murray
Langston, Jaye P. Morgan and Rip Taylor.
THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING
WOMAN. Filming began Aug. 1 3 in Los
Angeles on Lily Tomlin's long-delayed contemporary
comedy also starring Charles
Grodin. Ned Beatty, Henry Gibson and
Pamela Bellwood. Joel Schumacher is directing
the screenplay by Jane Wagner who also
is executive producer. Hank Moonjean is producing.